1 '! EVENING iXBtfOEl TUESDAY, PEBItUAitY 7, 1917 .,,'. A EM IS LITTLE ROOM IN THE WORLD OF SPORT FOR THE CHAP WITH ONE-WAY POCKETSI v LOST. STRAYED OR STOLEN. ONE THE CLEANER-UP RUBBING IT IN JOE JACKSON IS OUT IN FRONT AS 'i PTiyrRF.XTP.WMTTNTT PHT TPV- FTXTFlTCP SLUGGERMAN-IN-CHIEF, THO T. COBB 3 PLEASE INTERN SAME AT ONCE V . Baseball Magnates Are Not Imrjosiner Campaign AND SPEAKER.HAD BETTER AVERAGE! Carolina Siege Gun Only Had Three Home Runs But He Was Glad to Contribute Forty ' Doubles and Twenty-one Triples V'. of Economy on Ball Players as They Threatened. Fraternity Turned Back on Victimized Owners H KELLY 1 WV. .ORHAT has become of tho retrenchment ''dreaded retrenchment policy of tho baseball owners? Three or four months 'ago the moguls of tho diamond wero. laying out u campaign of economy that was ' to leave the players without HulMclent funds to buy gasoline, but from tho appear ance of things nt present tho knights of tho diamond will not even bo forced to forgo spuds as a dally dish, nt least for another year to come. From tho words of the magnates tho baseball fans concluded that their heroes would soon bo mixing with tho free-lunch gang Instead of cavorting with the Kritz-Wnlvuo set and dining on onions, carrots and other delicacies. Nothing Uko It. About the only two clubs sticking to tho retrenchment policy are tho Hravcs and Brooklyn the only organizations which aro still wrestling with tho holdout problem. Appar ently Percy Haughton and Charllo Kbbets have determined to remain loyal to the Fraternity of China Eggs, for they aro still treading tho path of economy with out any apparent effort to compromlso with their disgruntled hirelings. Meanwhile . the other owners have met their plajers half way, and there aro few, If any, , players of the llrst class belonging to tho other fourteen clubs who have not affixed their names to contracts. Connie Mack, of tho Athletics, and President Baker, of the Phillies, have Just about put their houses in order, and tnls without wot king a hardship on any of their players. Tho oniclals of tho club and tho two players concerned aro tho only persons familiar with the terms of tho contracts signed by Bush and Strunk, respectively, but tho mcio fact that both men wero satisfied proves that they bellevo Connlo dealt fairly with them. Two Local Clubs Dealt Fairly With Players THERE never was much doubt about Connio bringing his holdouts back Into lino. Tho lean .leader has his own Ideas of doing business nnd conducting his ball club, and ho figures that every man acts fairly If tho conditions aro pre sented to him fairly. Tho methods by which Mack camo to an agreement with his players aro not known and probably will never bo made public, which is Just as well, for It Is no one's business. Sufficient to say that tho men have accepted terms and they would not have done so had they not been satisfied. President Baker had ono big problem to deal with Grover Cleveland Alexander and It was considerable of a problem as problems go. It took a lot of work to bring the great pitcher and the president together, but once they had reached a basts for discussion It did not tike them long to agree on a compromise a com promise which about doubled tho salary of Alexander. All of tho other men or Moran, with two exceptions, have accepted terms, and there Is no reason to believe that any of them will starve. There aro still three regular ball players who ply their trade In Philadelphia who have not yet signed contracts. They aro Nlehoff nnd "VVhltted, of tho Thll ties, and Schang, of the Athletics. The latter will probably get together with Connie before tho beason starts, and there is no reason to bellevo that Whined will not be among thoso present within a few days. Cleorgo is a peculiar sort of a fellow, with enough of the theatrical In his nature to perpotrato a surprlso when least expected. Thero Is ndserlous- difference between Whltted and tho Philadelphia Ball Club, and he will probably be on hand when Moran calls the first practice nt St. Petersburg. Nlehoff Is a different proposition. Bert has been drawing a war-time salary from the Philadelphia club for several years, nnd It Is said that he was sub stantially cut. Ho Is not ready to accept, and with McGafflgan, a most promising second sacker, in line, President Baker will not recede much from his original proposal to Nlehoff. Where the Foot of Dave Fultz Slipped tfAP" HUSTON, part owner of the New Tork Yankees, had the right Idea when he said recently that the Ball Players' Fraternity mado a big mistake when it failed to pay some attention to the actions of its own members. Tho Frat was very active when outside interests wero fought, but when the players got in wrong It looked tho other way. Huston pointed out that Ed Sweeney, who had a two year contract calling for $S00O a year, should have been "called" by Dave Fultz when he becamo Indifferent and had to bo sent to the minors without a cut In salary. The New York club was forced to pay Sweeney $16,000 for tho work he did In the bushes, and there was no way out of it. Had Fultz taken a hand and either advised the catcher to play better ball or Inflicted tome punlshmen, the Fraternity, says Huston, would have shown some constrictive tendencies which would have helped Us case with tho magnates. Another case Is that of Ray Caldwell, tho well-known twirling hairpin. Ray was an ln-and-outcr mostly out and was continually getting in bad with the Tankees because of his lax training habits. When Frank Chance had tho club he was obliged to chaso Caldwell a couple of times, and last year Bill Donovan stood It as long as he could before suspending him for tho remainder of tho year. Ray has a contract calling for $SO0O, with another jear to run, and Donovan Is anxious to give him another chance. He has written numerous letters to tho slim person, but tho pitcher has not replied. Reglsteied letters sent to his home at Salamanac, a metropolis In tho R. F. D. belt In New York State, returned with Mrs. Caldwell's signature, but not a peep has been heard from the head of tho household. Ray Is missing and no ono knows his whereabouts. The club has left for the South and they still are looklngvfor him. Perhaps he will show up, and again ho may not. Thero Is no doubt that his presenco will strengthen tho team at least twenty-five per cent If he Is In shape and Wild Bill has Just cause to worry. Cobb's Creek Club Row Ayain THE tempest In a teapot which has been centered around tho affairs of Cobb's Creek Golf Club has given rise to some rather acrimonious discussion nt tho circumstances which led to the recent reorganization of the ciub. Violent excep tions have been taken to statements mado in these columns Friday concerning the Incidents which led up to the reorganization. It has been pointed out that a distinct Injustice was tlpne to H. Wellington Wood, former president of Cobb's Creek Club. In last Friday's comment it was set forth that Mr. Wood, soon after the organization of the club last jear, had "tried to run the course" and that after ward he "had a light" with A. E. Rendle, the treasurer, after which, It was asserted, these two men wero "on the outs" with each other. Another assertion was made that they "maneuvered so that the 'skids' wero put under Wood and he was ousted at tho 'reorganization' meeting." The facts of the case, more accurately stated, seem to be that, while there were dissensions and disagreements among tho officers of the club, there was 'nothing which might be described accurately as a "nght" between Wood and Rendle, and that they were "on the outs" only In so far as th'jy disagreed upon the method of running tho, club"i Tho assertion that Wood tried to "run the course" was based upon complaints from various individual players at tho Cobb's Creek course that the officers of the club seemed inclined to attach an undue Importance to the fancied privileges of their organization, nt tho expense of unattached players. As to the "skids" and the "ousting," the facts aro that thero was a movement on foot among the members of tho club to reorganize, with an entirely new staff of officers, which movement proved successful, Mr. Wood himself was not a can didate for ro election as president and was not, therefore, "ousted" from his office, because he was not a candidate. Philadelphians Lead in Trapshootiny THIADELPHIA Is the biggest trapshootlng center in tho country, according St. v. -tto a statement issued recently by E. R. In on tne sport. That his judgment Is presumably right was proved by tho multl- jK.r tude of marksmen who attended last baturaays trap events. Approximately 200 E'nlrnrods fired away In the target competition of three local organizations, which .seemingly adds more strength to the Wilmington man's assertion. ' ' f Not alone Is this citv known as a metropolis for bcorcs of tarc-ot sl,ntoi- raSVbut It also Is known for Its brilliant marksmen, many of them champions. Fred P'X'CoIeman. who some vcars back was the world's live-bird champion, is still slinnilntr nrf i'riMiv 1;ib KntnrrlMV Iia luiH n score nf pbmb. Is another of the Phlltie biand, having lucked away the distinction of na tional target champion. George McCarthy is Harry Kahler, who was tutored by F? it Hsburg Sportsmen's Association's State Charles Hummer, of Marietta, won the event from a Held of some fifty gunners, rawing nineteen of his birds. Later, however, it was learned that Hummer was a) former Phlladelphlan. So It seems that Phlllle-made products are of a cham pionship caliber In the realms of trapshootlng. Struck Out Fpur Men, But All Crossed the Plate .WVER hear of a pitcher who struck out four men In one Inning, didn't yield a 'P hit. Issue a pass or hit a batter and still live to see every one of those four Victims" score? Clinton Rogge.Is "it." R.Jfcl ha drifted to the bushes. Four years ago Rogge pitched for a college team nH?t us pound backstop ori the receiving end. The bantam catcher couldn't hold and dropped the third strike that Rogge put over on the first three batsmen. That peopled the, bases. Rogse fanned the next man. bufthe third strike eot 0kr trony the catcher and the man on third following batter the catcher tnougnt ..Thavthrqw went wild and before i l tn an W book, that thcrbnly t souse ii policy tho much-discussed and much- Galvln, of Wilmington, a noted authoritv nlnetv - two ner cent? Phnrloa it x-... Is another of the former tltleholders, McCarthy. Last Thursday at the Har- live - bird championship at twenty birds, He labored for the Feds In 1916 but scored. AVlth tho next ball pitched to nod try to catch the man napping off the ball was recovered the bases were way to remove paint from a golf ball or in, caustic potasn. ,Tms wii) remove tho i . aurtaca for repainting,, it takes the paint .L I ' II' V I I ii -t..t.. At.- mmU NeveR could fPifGo- a-Head ZTji'5 i (Tamo For' MIS Y y n as 5$ST Wttl, I uu uiv i - h && l lime op humor A? Shoot Hvo. lads a owjcg-Lth , Thirks tie's )r ,f-.H:V L?bk n. . S TOM'-r Ojamt to we a 7y CU-OeR. it'6) V7-u -AlEa MIKE1 I M" ALL Th" Time JqSahtCh AC ALWAVJ A CARS T& WlM - .U-UWA MIKE ,J .- ?.rfjMSs GUY UKe -mAT MYSELF- BUT $JU lT-- '? IT 'M r ' -l &? THAT W. AMYBODVBUr m T AL-L-L RKSHT-r" Jy ----------------- B r r M'COY PROTESTS DILL0N-DARCY GO "Champion" A'sks Commis sion to Protect His Rights. Boxes Hoosier Tonight NKW YOrtK, Feb. IT Al McCoy, tho middleweight champion, who tonlRht Is tn box with Jack Dillon at the Broadway Sporting Club, is a bit worried oor the announcement that Dillon has been chosen by Grant Hugh Browne to meet Darcy next Monday night In the Garden. Therefore, McCoy, through Ills father and manager, A I. Rudolph, has sent a letter of protest to the Boxing t'oinmlssioti asking that a meeting be called at once to protpct him In his rights as tho opponent of Darcy. Rudolph sets forth that both McCoy and Darcy entered Into a written contract with Grant Hugh Browne for a contest In the Garden on March S, and that the substitution of Dillon would bo an Il legal step. Tho caso Is a tangled one, ns tho com mission ordered McCoy nnd Dillon to ful fill an engagement at the Broadway Sport ing Club before boxing elsewhere Grant Hugh Bronne last night said It could be accepted as absolutely certain that Dillon and Darcy would meet In the Gar- i den ring next Monday night "If McCoy thlnksf he has a grievance," added Browne, "I suggest that he sue 'the i Boxlnog Commission." CORNELL ELEVEN IS ON SCHEDULE FOR WILLIAMS WIU.1AMSTOWN, Mass, Feb 27 Games with Cornell and Columbia are In cluded in the. -Williams College football schedule for next fall The Cornell game will be played at Ithaca October 13 and the Columbia game at New York October GILL, COLLEGE PITCHER, IS SIGNED BY BRAVES BOSTON'. Feb 27 Robert GUI, who. pitching for the Boston College nine last season, scored lrtoiles oer seeral lead ing college .teams, lias signed a contrac with tho Boston Nationals. Ills services had been sought by the Chicago Nationals COMMISH BILL PLACED ON THE POSTPONED LIST HARrtlSBLUO, Pa.. Feb, 27. The hill creating a Boxing nnd Wrestling Commis sion has been placed on the postponed cal endar In tho Senate. MEADOWBROOK ENTRIES WILL CLOSE TOMORROW Athletes ileslrlng to ( participate in tho eents of tho Meadowbrook Club in Com mercial Museum on March 10 hae until tomorrow to make their entries with Wil liam II. Klrkpatrlck, 1308 Fllbeit street. SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS By LOUIS II. JAFFE THE Nonpareil Club, Kensington's oldest fistic emporium, Is not to stay closed. After the suspension of boxing bouts for several weeks, following I.ou Bailey's resig nation as matchmaker at the Kensington avenue and Ontario street arena. Tommy Bellly has entered the field and will succeed Diamond I.ou. Uellly has been connected with the betting game for many years, as a manager and trainer of boxers, lie knows a good boxer and good bouts, and he Is competent of putting together tho sort of matches the public likes to witness. Tho Nonpatell, which had been staging bouts on Friday night, will open under Its new regime March C, and bouls will bo held Tuesday night weekly, Bellly has started In the right direction by Inserting an ad In the Evenino I.edcier, letting boxers and managers know where he can be located. Kensington Is one of the best boxing dis tricts In Philadelphia. That section of the city has turned out some of the best boxers here, and the fans there take great Interest In the game. South Philadelphia fans are backing three clubs, the Olympia, National and Broadway, and with good matches staged at the Nonpareil It can bs run successfully as well ns the Cambria. rete Herman, the bantam champ, la In New Tork, preparing for hla flrat match In tba Eait alnca dethroning- Kid Williams. Herman la lo onpoea Jabi Whit In Albany, N. J.. March 6. Since saining the bantam crown Herman naa beaten Young Handow and HarTjr Kabokoff. It waa "Pekln Kid" Herman who recently boxed Johnny Ertle In Kanaaa City. Joe Connolly, a New England welterweight, haa been In Philadelphia for several daya. Ilia last bout waa a twelve-round referee's decision victory over Willie Deecher at Lawrence, Mail. An effort waa mada to match Champion Her man with Edlo cfKeete hers, but It la aald tnat the tltlenolder refused tba bout. O'Keefe eipecta his damaged Up to be healed in a. ahort wblla. Heavyweight bonis are proving Interesting tn New York. Hob Devore'a knockout ovsr 1 rry Williams, of this city. In five rounds last week haa put Robert in pretty good. H haa been matched for a ten-rounder against Jim Flynn In Brooklyn Thursday night, Jaek Teland, of this, city, Is getting In snap for a match after a. layoff of aaveral montha. He will meet Soldier BartfleM In Brooklyn Fri day nigbt. - JOHNNY MAYO OUTTALKS SCHULTZ AND SCORES VICTORY AFTER TAKING A NIFTY LACING FOR FIVE ROUNDS Local Boxer Almost Knocks Out Opponent in Final Session of Semiwind-up at Olympia A. A. Lew Tendler Defeats Artie Root in Star Bout By HOBEUT "10M on an' lite, yuh big stlffl Whad'ye ' mean by stallln' aroun' an' actln' like a bum? Como on nn' show what yuh got, ns I alnt got no moro time fer monkeyln'. Speed up a little yuh poor fish'" Battling Srhults, a ;.oung hlnnde gentle- ni.in ftom Toledo, o almost dropped w 1 1 h amazement w h o n Johnny Mayo u 1 1 e r o d those harsh nnd cutting words. For IUe rounds In tho semlwlnd-up at the Olympia A A last night the Il.tttlcr jabbed Johnny 12 05B times by actual count, hit h I m w 1th eerythlng except the floor and had Mr. Mayo looking Uko a guy emerging from a scrap w 1th a healthy tiolley car At time? Sehultz felt sorry for his foe. ns he was winning by a mile; anil when tho sixth round started ho went in to make the decision unanimous, lie put up his hands to tmear some moro g!oes on Johnny's map when Mayo tore In, muttering between wallops: "Como on an' nte. yuh stilt! Quit yer stallln' and don't act Uko a bum!" Mr. Schullz Is Rattled Is' It any wonder that Mr. Sehultz, of To ledo, O., stared In amazement? Ho felt confident that he was doing a man's work, and If any speeches were to he made ho should make them. But thoso few words put the Battler up In the air and ho camo down only onto and that was for a short count. Mayn talked himself Into a victory last night, becauso Sehultz listened Instead of fighting Th visitor was full of confidence, but wondered what kind of a man he was facing, who nsked him to fight harder and quit stalling when ho had been working as hard as he was able! He started Into box faster, but when he did Mayo speeded up Just a little more When tho round was half over Mnyn rushed Sehultz to the ropes nnd let one fly from tho floor. A padded glove swished through the air and connected with tho Battler's thin. The Battler Hits tho Mat Then all went black and darkness stole upon him. Sehultz sank to tho floor, but arose at tho count of five, still wobbly on his feet He staggoied around the ring al most helpless, with Mayo relentlessly pursu ing him. showeilng lefts and rights on his head and body Had Johnny been a little more careful and not k anxious he would have scored a knockout, but his wild swings Eveniny Ledyer Decisions of Riny Bouts Last Niyht OI.YMPIA lwTendterdefeateilArtltont, Johnny Mam won from llattllnz hchulti, Johnny Mealv knocked out Jimmy McCabe, first; Jack lnle beat Trankle Dolan, Ai Vox knocked nut Joe Kagan, flrat. ar.W YORK Soldier Ilartfleld knocked out Johnny Herrmann, nlnthi lillly Fltzslra mons defeated Unfiling I.ahn, Kid Freder icks quit to Kid MucCormlrk, second; doling Otto defeated "California Frankle" Burns. SOIITII HF.THI.KHKM Joe. Welsh drew with Kddle. Mov. Young l,ew Tendler stopped Kid Troubles, first; loung Mahnner knocked out Young McFarland. fourth; Iteda McFad den drew with Joo halvage. n.U.TIMDRK lohnny Conton drew with Kteie FlCNsner. fifteen rounds, MrKKr.M'WtT, IV Young Coldle defeat ed Ray I'rjet. hf'KANTON Jimmy Conway beat Ray Parks. AKRON, O. Ted Lewis outpointed Johnny Griffiths. HACINB, Wis. Spike Kelly beat Reb Russell. , CINCINNATI Oeorgo Chip knocked out fiallor Welnert. second. HOT SPRINGS. Ark Joe Mandot defeat. ed It Mile Mangrura, . TOI.KDO. O Jack MeCarron beat Frank Mantell, twelve rounds. NEW ORLEANS Hobby Hughes wen from Jimmy Curtis, twenty rounds. , ROCHESTER Tom Cowler stopped Andre Anderson, first. a weeli or ao. Ona Punch mada a big hit In Philadelphia In a bout laat year and returned home shortly after, Johnny Dundee waa acheduled to box Jimmy Duffy In New York tonight, but the bout baa been set back until March a. Willi Jackson's next encounter Is acheduled for March 8 In New York, Tommy Touhey will be Jackson'a vta-a-vls. Al McCoy and Jack Dillon meet uroogmt tonignt unless tn "cnampion" again geta ;alck." A. HcCoy-Dlllon bout baa been postponed aaveral times. dam Hobldeau la scheduled for. la scheduled for a. fifteen-round ing Brown, voi; Hr York, at aday nigbt, v aetto . witn xouni Providence Tnun 3 ?H& 'rH i I ! W. MAXWELL failed to land on a vulnerable spot arid Sehultz weathered the storm. This bout easily was the feature of tho show. Mayo absorbed enough punishment to flatten a dozen ordinary boxers, but far he It from Johnny to bo called ordinary. Ho looked like Ilattllng Nelson of old, when that blonde watrlor allowed his opponents to tire themselves out punching him around the ring. Mayo pulled tho same stuff and did not weaken. Then when ho put on his mono logue Sehultz was ready to give up In dis gust. Johnny won tho bout Exit Jimmy McCabe Rome tlmo ago, when Jimmy McCabe, one of tho regular performers at the Olympia, was Introduced before the prominent club men, one of the members in the gallery shouted: "Aw, somebody knock that guy stiff an' e won't fcee him so much." JJmmy wasn't knocked stiff that night, but' Johnny Mealey was In the audience and It is believed that he told the shouting mem ber that his wish would be carried out In tho near future. It was carried out last night nnd so was Jimmy. Mealey played a "comeback" after his terrible showing with Artie Itoot nnd It was quite successful. Ho took on McCabe and worked like a real master. For two minutes and twenty seconds he was Just as polite as any one could he. Jabbing lightly to the face and body and Jumping out of the way of Jimmy's wild swings. It looked like a hit and run act and the spectators leaned back In their seats ready to gaze upon six rounds of shadow boxing, when WHAM! BANG! Mealey crossed his right on McCabe's Jaw and tho stuff was off. It was a temarkably clean knockout and the punch was timed exactly right. Jimmy fell flat on his back, tried hard to arise, but was still on tho floor when Pop O'Brien counted ten. Ills seconds seemed to have lost all interest In him when he took tho count, nnd Mealey an4 Bobby Gunlss car ried him to his corner. The battle proved that Mealey has a knockout wallop and is on the load to bigger things In the future. Introducing the Wind-up It seems s'trange to place the wind-up away down In the list, but that is where it belongs. Not that it was a poor fight, or anything like that. It was one of the best wind-ups we have had for some time, but it wasn't as good as the other two bouts. Lew Tendler, nttcr an enforced lay-off be cause of a broken hand, clashed with Artie Hoot nnd won after six rounds of fast fighting. Lew seemed better than over be fore nnd displayed somo cleverness and ring generalship that astonished tho fans. He outboxed Root from start to finish and had his smaller foe missing throughout the battle. Artie was baffled by Tendler's awkward style and couldn't find an attack which would penetrate that guard, consist ing of a long right arm sticking out and the left drawn back ready to fly out every time there was an opening. Last year Lew boxed Pete Herman, the new bantam boss, and made Pete look so sad that he went back home soon after Root was in the same boat last night, but It wasn't becauso ho didn't try. The Cleve land boy was fighting every second, but Tendler was too clover for him. That long, rangy right was constantly In Artie's face and It kept him at a distance. When Hoot launched a right swing. It either missed by many Inches, or slid harmlessly over Lew's head. Tendler Shows Improvement Ip the first four rounds, Tendler piled up a big lead and had Root bleeding from tho nose. In the fifth, however, Artie staged a rally and won the round; but he couldn't come back In the sixth. Tendler Is a much Improved boxer and now that ho Is a featherweight, he should make some trouble for the boys In bis class. A little act of sportsmanshlfi on Tendler's part apparently was overlooked by u ma jority of the spectators. In the second round, after (he boys broke from a clinch. Tendler stepped back and, looking at Ref eree O'Brien, pointed his clove at Root "What's the matterr asked "Pop." "Hoot Is having some trouble with his tights and can't move around the way he should," replied Tendler. "You had better fix It up." The bout was stopped for several mln utes until Hoot's seconds repaired the dam age. Tendler could have taken advantage of Root's difficulty, but was too much of a sportsman to do so, Herman Hindin Smiles ' Herman Hlnden, the hard-working man ager, wore .a smile all over his face after the first bout was over, and was In such a happy frame of mind that he enjoyed the show like a cash customer. Herman had a wjnner last night and he didn't care who knew It. One of his most recent boxers Al For, by name appeared In the curtain raiser with Joe Eagan. Joe stuck around for two minutes and fifty seconds ot the first round and then took 'one on the chin r.nd went to sleep. It always Is a pleasant sight for Herman Hlnden to tee another boxer hit the mat and his cup of happiness was filled to overflowing. Ih the other .btfut Jack. Doyle, Johnny SpatoU' lateatcrMtle. cMtMUrM'FXMkl By GIIANTLAND IUCE The Ball Players' Mandalay Ship me sometchcre South lit Dixie, ichere the tollifer league U Int. Where a guy canthaw the kinks outami a btoke can awing a but For I hear the old game calling, and I'm tcadg or the twicar, i if. o lion upon tiiy raai one tituj The Slugging- Premier THEfin ls another spring sign In the atmosphere. Emerging craftily from hli winter quarters and blinking ngaln In the llght.he pop-eyed fanatic Is beginning to feed once moro upon ins favorite uisn You can tell tho hunger that lies In his soul by the way queries begin to pop as ine clubs start South. Among others received today Is a query requtest for information ns to whether Cobb or Sueakcr was the leading slugrfcr of the game last year. Slugging means something moro than hitting, it means quantity, as well as quality. Tho slugger, essentially, Is tho long distance hlttei, othepvlse known as tho entry with the wallop. Wally Plpp, with twelve homo runs, nnd Frank Baker, with ten, are sluggers. For both can whale tho cover off tho ball. Tho main test of slugging must rest In tho total number of bases pounded out. And this lest finds Joe Jackson far out In front, well beyond both Speaker ana Cobb. Last season Jackson, with nn average of .341, pounded tho ball for a total of 293 bases. Speaker, batting ,386, had only 274 bases. Cobb, batting .371, ran up 287 bases. So Jackson, although displaying a smaller batting average, led Speaker bv nineteen bases and Cobb by tw-cnty-slx. The Carolina Siege Gun had only three home runs, but ho came through with forty doubles and twenty-one triples. This out put was quite sufficient to give him the extra bulge. Zach Wheat was tho leading slugger of tho National League, with a total base array at 262, thirty-one bases back ot Jackson. Wheat, however, was at bat only 668 times, against 692 for the AVhlto Sox star. Bomb Throwing -nnd Baseball Dear Sir I notice quite a lot of remarks In the papers about ball players and their valeu as bomb throwers. I have talked with many returned soldiers and they all INTERNATIONAL UMPIRES APPOINTED BY BARROW NEW YORK, Feb. 27 Three of last year's umpires have been reappointed by President Barrow, of tho International League. Tho men retained are William Carpenter, Robe'rt Hart and John Freeman, and the newly appointed arbiters aro John Mullen, a former International League um pire, who for tho last two seasons served In tho Western League ; John Mcllrldc, New York State League ; Joseph O'Brien, Amer ican Asroclatlon; George Blackburn, n former minor league manager, player and umpire, nnd Jesse Tannehlll, at one time prominent ns a major league pitcher. HARTE MAY PLAY FIRST FOR HARVARD THIS YEAR CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 27. Hugh Duffy, coach of the Harvard baseball team, is considering the advisability of shifting Dick Harte, the hard-hitting catcher on last year's nine, to first base. Harte, who Is a Philadelphia boy. started at end on last year's elecn, nnd, as a member of the baseball squad has hit con sistently for two seasons, although his 1916 average was not as good as tho year previ ous. EDDIE PLANK AND WIFE TAKE HOME AT GETTYSBURG HANOVER. Pa.. Feb, 27 Edward S Plank, the veteran southpaw, and wife aro moving from New Oxford to a new home in Gettysburg, near where he was born. Follow THE first MARATHON Tire put on a car almost invariably is followed by a MARATHON for each of the three remaining wheels. For- every MARATHON Tire or Tube made last year there will be approximately three made and sold this year. marathons are becoming known everywhere as the best buy, because they are the best built hand-made with heaped-up Concentrated Tread, 100 effective Angle non skid, and under that a stout, mus cular tire body that is uncqualed for carrying the strain of extra mileage. TIRES TUBES March Delivery Onlyu, Inner tubo .free, with every Marathon Tire VI ine stuff o my Career. say the only renl way to throw bombi I. ' with a straight arm-n cricket bni.S llt i Hon being tho best. A baseball throw i. . fcl i ght Tor n bomb now and ngaln But f'r ii tcady work It Is not nearly so ,. i.'r l neatly work It Is not nenrlv . .'., as bombs do not have to be thtown far I tho hand. Machines nnnuio the n,. throws; and for the short ones the bowl. can keep it up all day, while tho pltchlnl motion cracks nn nrm In n i. ' " ball player, for this work In tho trenched would not bo as useful as a cricket play,? who has the straight arm throw much bet. tor developed through long ptnetice CANUCY (Montreal! Also "Wlllard willing to meet Fulton for J7S.. 000." News note. f And we'll dash off a roundelay On voses, spinach, soup or collars For any one who cares to pay ' Well, make It forty thousand dollars , M. J. Condon, returning a 7t over tha hard Bellealr course, Is another proof that youth alone Isn't to bo served. Mr. Condon Is another of the golf veterans who passed fifty some tlmo ago. but who nimn i- bag their share of youngsters In the coursa of tho year. f ANOTHER SPRING TIP Herewith we knov that spring Is near, Herewith we Hold the answer pat, When Gentle Headers send In this "Please publish 'Casey at the Bat.'" A, pinker sun a bluer sky A warmer wind these signs fall fiat, Compared to this ecstatla yearn "Please publish 'Casey at the Bat." For tho Hon. Lester Dnrev on vm, say this, anyway he is wonderfully con- l oisiciii. jo ,.-. ittiijtnh ma icpugnance to combat een Into his own profession, Uie ring. By tho time they arrange a regular fight for him ho will probably sight an other tramp steamer In the oiling and set t-atl for another port. PENN MUST WIN TO STAY THIRD IN CAGE LEAGUE Coach Jourdet Will Play Martin For ward in Game Against Dart mouth Tonight HANOVER. N. H., Feb. 27. The Penn sylvania basketball squad Is here today for the lntetcolleglate game with Dartmouth tonight. The Red and Blue Is now third In the league standing and tho Green fourth. A lctory for the New Englanders would place them ahead of the Quakers. Coach Jourdet, Manager McCall and ten players took the trip. The players are Cap tain McNiehol, Lnln, Martin, JeffSrd, Emery, Eblc, Marsh, Williams, Ivory and Clarke. The Penn coach has gone hack to his old llnc-up nnd will use Lavln and Martin nt forward, Jcfford at center and McNiehol and Emery at guard While Penn nnd Dartmouth nto fighting It out for third place. Yale will be entertain Ing Columbia at New Haven, It Is not likely that the New Yorkers will defeat tha Blue, but a reverse for the Ell playen will drop them Into second place, with Princeton gaining undisputed possession of first pos'itlon. Suits or Overcoats .ORDER t'4j 4 .80 )lew"r JL 1 '"'"", "" Big Windows a a jsn, jj lis PETER MORAN & CO. "K&'ifcY . E. COK. 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